Oh you are probably doing it the hard way xD... the game makers made it look like that was the correct way to do it, but you actually have to jump off that ramp, enter into a building, and then go backwards up another ramp that heads over to a quite easy jump to the platform.

Check youtube if you are interested for I do not remember the exact details of it

Ah... Those were the days. Not just the memories, but... the mood of it.

The third one was an order of magnitude better than Spyro, a Hero's tail. Spyro 3 was more casual and so much more varied. The new series was funnish, I guess, but there was almost nothing to the side, or any replayability.